Elle Fanning

Having begun her career before her third birthday, actress Elle Fanning followed in the footsteps of older sister, Dakota Fanning, by becoming a notable performer who tackled challenging roles no matt...
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Life imitated art on the set of Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult's futuristic new drought film Young Ones after the water supply in the South African town they were filming in dried up. The actors co-star with Elle Fanning in the movie, about a teenage boy who sets out on a mission to save his family in a world where water is hard to come by, and the cast and crew found themselves facing a similar problem while on location last year (13).
Fanning tells Elle magazine, "Every two years (Springbok) runs out of water. While we were filming our movie, the town ran out of water."
And the child star reveals soaring temperatures in the Northern Cape province made the shoot even more of a struggle.
Speaking to the New York Post, she says, "I think it got up to 118 (degrees Fahrenheit). We had to just kind of deal (with it)."

"It worked for that film really well. I was excited to take that step... It was completely comfortable. It didn't show anything... I wouldn't be naked... I think that's not even allowed. I'm way too young for that. There's all these rules." Maleficent star Elle Fanning, 16, on her innocent sex scene in new movie Young Ones.

Celebrities including Naomi Watts, Jessica Biel and Tina Fey have lent their drawing skills to a new charity campaign. Their sketches were created to raise awareness for the LilySarahGrace Fund, a charity which provides art education for underprivileged U.S. schools.
A campaign has been created on crowdfunding website Kickstarter.com to raise money to create a book of the celebrities' artwork titled You Can't Memorize This.
It will also feature bizarre drawings by stars including Lena Dunham, Elle Fanning, Johnny Knoxville, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Will Ferrell which are based aroungd the theme 'think outside the box'.
The book will be made if the $20,000 (£12,500) goal is reached by 24 October (14).

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Though we can’t fault Laika for returning time and time again to the “misfit children” well, we’re beginning to worry if the studio isn’t dipping its bucket deep enough. Though it turned in two past entries worth remembering — Coraline was good, but just shy of great; ParaNorman was great, but just shy of excellent — and repeats this achievement with The Boxtrolls, its latest is perhaps the boldest evidence of Laika’s limiting trepidation.
The film actually turns the “misfit” gambit on its head, introducing a character who fits in so perfectly with his friends and family — a race of friendly subterranean hoarder goblins — that years pass before he realizes he’s not actually one of them. Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), so named for the box that guards his unseemly torso, is a young boy raised by the sweet and creative (but ultimately cowardice) Boxtroll family that lives below the misguided aristocracy of Cheesebridge, a town decidedly phobic of its underground neighbors. Led by a comically menacing vagabond with aspirations for glory (played with flair by Ben Kingsley), the Cheesebridgers agree to rid their streets and lives of the vile little creatures forever.
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A few steps beyond the average 101 Dalmations rip-off, The Boxtrolls actually puts a great deal of energy into exploring the blurry dichotomy of good vs. evil, turning would-be mindless henchmen Trout and Pickles (Nick Frost and Richard Ayoade) into well-meaning patriots led astray by propaganda. But it doesn’t get too heady — Frost and (especially) Ayoade provide the biggest and most consistent laughs of the film. To their credit, Boxtrolls might be the funniest thing Laika has produced yet. The film, whose cast also includes a plucky and petulant Elle Fanning, a snooty and oblivious Jared Harris, and a thickheaded and maniacal Tracy Morgan, is eager to get especially wacky when it plays with the weird worlds of Boxtrolls and cheese-obsessed noblemen. But it’s just too darn afraid to get emotional.
The Boxtrolls barely scratches the surface of its characters’ relationships, which is particularly destructive to a story about family, understanding, and bravery. Instead of watching young Eggs’ relationship with his surrogate father Fish (a babbling Dee Bradley Baker) evolve, we hear prototypical speeches about being yourself, standing up for what’s right, and a few more all-purpose themes. The Boxtrolls’ goofiness is grade A, but it cuts through the hints of biting emotional material, rendering the ordeal about half as affective as it might have been. Drop your bucket deeper next time, Laika. You're so close to that masterpiece...
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The Boxtrolls have kept control of the U.K. box office chart for a second consecutive weekend.
The animated fantasy-comedy, featuring voice work from Sir Ben Kingsley and Elle Fanning, brought in ticket sales of $2.1 million (£1.3 million) over the weekend (19-21Sep14). The film is based on children's novel Here Be Monsters and tells the tale of an orphan who is raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls.
Liam Neeson's latest offering, A Walk Among the Tombstones, entered the chart in second place having grossed $2.1 million (£1.3 million).
The tale of drugs, kidnap and murder knocked Scarlett Johansson's sci-fi thriller Lucy from second place down to fourth with $940,000 (£550,000).
British drama Pride stayed in third place in its second weekend bringing in $930,000 (£580,000), while new U.K. thriller The Riot Club, based around England's Oxford University, opened in a disappointing fifth place, earning $790,000 (£500,000).

New animated movie The Boxtrolls has shot straight to the top of the U.K. box office chart. The film, which features the voices of Elle Fanning and Sir Ben Kingsley, tells the story of an orphan who is raised by underground creatures known as the Boxtrolls. The fantasy-comedy brought in ticket sales of $3.2 million (£2 million) on its opening weekend (12-14Sep14), knocking Scarlett Johansson's Lucy into second place with $1.3 million (£812,073).
Pride, a British drama film entered the charts in third place with $1.2 million (£718,778).
Last weekend's (05-07Sep14) number one Sex Tape dropped to four with sales of $1.1 million (£673,478), while new thriller movie A Most Wanted Man landed a disappointing debut with $976,499 (£610,312) to score fifth place.

Actors including Catherine Keener, Elle Fanning and Bobby Cannavale took to the stage for a one-act play as part of the Opening Ceremony brand's New York Fashion Week runway show on Sunday (07Sep14). The fashion house's founders and creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon showcased their spring 2015 collection at a unique venue and invited celebrities and style mavens alike to the iconic Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.
Guests were escorted through the back of the theatre and ushered to their seats, which were placed on the same stage as the performers in the hour-long play starring Fanning, who was making her stage debut, Keener, Cannavale, Alia Shawkat, John Cameron Mitchell, Rashida Jones, and models Dree Hemingway and Karlie Kloss.
Titled 100% Lost Cotton, the production featured model characters played by Fanning and Hemingway waiting for a fitting at an Opening Ceremony runway show. Mitchell and Keener played versions of designers Lim and Leon, while Cannavale served as a stylist secretly in love with Leon's husband.
100% Lost Cotton was written by filmmaker Spike Jonze and actor Jonah Hill, who jokingly reminded the audience before the show began that it was his first foray into the theatre.
Among the guests checking out the one-of-a-kind runway show was Fanning's older sister Dakota, Yoko Ono, Rosario Dawson, Chloe Sevigny, Skrillex, Joe Jonas, Alexa Chung, Mindy Kaling and Arcade Fire's Win Butler.

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Maleficent star Elle Fanning has been cast as Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley in Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour's new Hollywood movie.
Romantic drama A Storm in the Stars will chronicle the young Mary Wollstonecraft's love affair with poet Percy Shelley.
Announcing Fanning's casting on Wednesday (30Jul14), producer Amy Baer tells The Hollywood Reporter, "Elle is amazingly smart and talented and very much relates to Mary as a young woman. She is going to do something extraordinary in this role that will transition her from a compelling young adult to a formidable leading lady."
At 16, Fanning is the perfect age to play pre-marriage Shelley, who was 17 when she met and fell in love with the man who was to become her husband.

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Actress Elle Fanning has reportedly been cast to star in the movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2006 short story How To Talk To Girls At Parties.
John Cameron Mitchell will direct the film, which will centre on an alien tourist who wants to escape her tour group and finds love with a schoolboy who enjoys art and music.

50 Cent became MaleFiftyCent for a hilarious skit on U.S. late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday (05Jun14). The rapper donned horns to mimic Angelina Jolie's wicked fairy character in the reimagined trailer for her new Disney film Maleficent and when movie princess Elle Fanning says, "I know who you are. Your shadow, it's been following me ever since I was small. Don't be afraid," 50 replied, "I been shot nine times, I'm not afraid of no little white girl (sic)."

Summary

Having begun her career before her third birthday, actress Elle Fanning followed in the footsteps of older sister, Dakota Fanning, by becoming a notable performer who tackled challenging roles no matter her age. Though she did star in her share of family fare, Fanning appeared in more textured roles in adult-oriented movies, starting with a small role as her sister's younger self in "I Am Sam" (2001). After playing a hell-raising toddler in the broad family comedy "Daddy Day Care" (2003), she landed roles on a number of hard-hitting TV shows like "CSI: Miami" (CBS, 2002-2012) and "Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999- ), before graduating to critically acclaimed dramas like "Babel" (2005), "Reservation Road" (2007) and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008). While a supporting player in those films, Fanning landed her share of leading roles in "Phoebe in Wonderland," (2008) and Sophia Coppola's "Somewhere" (2009), while earning considerable praise and awards buzz for "Ginger &amp; Rosa" (2012). Having stepped out of her sister's shadow and established her own career, Fanning had in a short time become a fast-rising star with a bright future.